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Brief: Tensions Flare in Iraq Again

Background: Tensions heightened earlier this year after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Tehran responded by bombing U.S. installations, even as the U.S. followed through with plans of a modest withdrawal of troops. They settled into an informal truce last month. What […]

Daily Memo: Turkey in Azerbaijan, Israeli Strikes in Syria

Turkish troops headed for Azerbaijan. The Turkish parliament approved a presidential decree to send troops to Azerbaijan for one year to help Russian peacekeepers...

Europe’s Ghost of Summers Past

On July 21, European Council President Charles Michel sent out a one-word tweet that left few Europeans’ eyes dry and champagne corks popping as...

Daily Memo: Risks of Debt Contagion in China

Chinese corporate debt troubles. Two Chinese state-linked enterprises said Monday that they would not be able to meet upcoming onshore bond repayment obligations. Defaults...

Russia’s Search for Strategic Depth

In 2005, in a speech delivered in front of Russia’s Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the fall of the Soviet Union...

Brief: The World’s New Largest Trade Pact

Background: The framework for regional trade in the Asia-Pacific has been in a state of flux for the past four years. This is partly...

Daily Memo: Another Vaccine Candidate

Another vaccine candidate. On Monday, U.S. biotech firm Moderna announced that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate had shown 94.5 percent effectiveness in clinical trials, making...

What Russia Expects From the Next US President

Though legal challenges remain, Joe Biden seems as though he will be the next U.S. president. Russia is in no hurry to congratulate him...

Daily Memo: Going After Chinese Companies, Updates on Nagorno-Karabakh

The U.S. goes after Chinese finance. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning investment in more than 30 Chinese companies...

The Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Just six weeks after the beginning of the 1980 Iraq-Iran War, Arab countries gathered for a summit in Amman, Jordan. It was there that...

Daily Memo: Russia Sends Reinforcements to Nagorno-Karabakh

Russian reinforcements. Russia will deploy eight helicopters to monitor the cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh as part of its peacekeeping mission there. Meanwhile, Turkey insists that...

Brief: Russian Troops Deploy to Nagorno-Karabakh

Background: Since September, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in the latest round of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia, Turkey and Iran all have interests...
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